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On October 31, the RA NA Deputy Speaker Mikayel Melkumyan received the RF Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to RA Sergey Kopirkin.

During the meeting the inner-political issues of Armenia, the electoral process, the development of the economy, the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh problem and other problems were touched upon.

Both sides highlighted the improvement and development of the economic cooperation between Armenia and Russia.

At the guest’s request Mikayel Melkumyan presented the procedure of the parliamentary elections being designed in the future, expressed regret that the reformed RA Electoral Code was not passed, as according to the NA Deputy Speaker, compared with the acting Code, it is one step forward.

Mikayel Melkumyan also referred to the works of the Investigative Committee Created for the RA Gas and Electric Power Supply and Activities of Distribution Systems, Substantiation of Gas and Electric Power Functioning Tariffs led by him and presented a number of problems existing in other spheres.

The NA Deputy Speaker has noted that several provisions of the inter-state treaty regulating the relations in the sphere of gas and electric power signed in December 2013 between Armenia and Russia restrict the efficiency of the tariff policy.

The RF Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary was interested in the final result of the NA Investigative Committee's activities. Mikayel Melkumyan noted that after the end of the works a report would be presented to the parliament and the full text would be sent to the heads of the relevant bodies.